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(x-hps-discussion): == Dear All Please find below the programme of a meeting part of the Science and capitals project, to be held at the Maison Francaise in Oxford, this Friday. All are welcome. With all my best wishes Stephane Van Damme Senior Research Scholar at the CNRS Maison Francaise d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham road, OX2 6SE, Oxford Tel : (0044) 1865 274 226 Sciences and capitals. European Academies facing the question of technique in architecture" (late 17th. c. -1750) 10th March 2006-Maison Française d’Oxford By the end of the 17th. c. fast-developing architectural techniques were accompanied by a growing involvement of sciences in the debates regarding building theories. This period of time is one of blossoming academies, both of sciences and architecture, where scholars and practionners meet and confront their own ideas. The aim is to explore the links and oppositions between the know-how of workmen and the knowledge of natural philosophers observed in different contexts of Europe and England. 9.30 : Opening remarks : Stéphane Van Damme (Maison française d’Oxford) Pascal Dubourg Glatigny (CNRS, Centre Alexandre Koyré): La science face aux connaissances de chantier lors de l’institutionnalisation des savoirs architecturaux 10.00-13.00: First session Matthew Walker (University of York), “Architecture and the Early Royal Society: the case of Robert Hook” James Campbell (Queen’s college, University of Cambridge): “Wren, Architectural Technique and the Early Royal Society 1660-1710”. Hélène Rousteau (Université de Nantes): « L’enseignement des mathématiques dans la première moitié du XVIIIe siècle au sein de l’académie royale d’architecture ». Anthony Gerbino (Columbia University, New York): “The Académie royale des sciences and the Gardens of Versailles: A Study in the Reciprocal Influence of Science, Technology, and Architecture”. 14.00-16.00: Second session Judi Loach (University of Wales, Cardiff): "Académies outside the Académie, the mainstream or a provincial model: France and Savoy in the 17th. Century". Olga Medvedkova (INHA, Paris): « La constitution d'un savoir architectural:Pierre le Grand et ses agents à travers l' Europe des académies et des chantiers ». Jorge Galindo (Universidad nacional de Colombia): « L’académie royale de mathématiques de Barcelone et la crise de la tradition corporative (1720-1793)» 16.30-18h. Conclusion and general discussion Chair : Jim Bennett (Museum of the history of science, Oxford)